C45360PA - Health Information Technology Patient Access Certificate

A. All high school and college transcripts must be received.

B. REQUIREMENTS AFTER ACCEPTANCE:

Liability/Malpractice Insurance

Malpractice insurance is required for health sciences students and is assessed as a student fee.

Transportation/Additional Class/Course Materials

Health Sciences students are responsible for their own transportation to off-campus clinical/learning sites.  Materials and textbooks will be required and are purchased at student’s expense.

Technical Standards

Please refer to the Health Information Technology program's physical requirements and technical standards. 

Academic Standards

Upon official acceptance, Health Sciences students are required to maintain the necessary GPA requirements for entry.  Students cannot enter a Health Sciences program while on academic suspension.  Health Sciences students must achieve a grade of "C" or higher in their Health Science courses.  Students may withdraw or be withdrawn from a Health Sciences course.  However, the student will not be allowed to matriculate through their program of study if they do not achieve a grade of “C” or better.  Students completing readmission must meet with the Education Navigator to review their file.

Program Specific Academic Standards: 

See additional Program Specific Standards in the Health Information Technology Program Guide and specific Health Information Technology course syllabus.

Health Information Technology students must maintain an overall and semester GPA 2.0 or better, and must earn a grade of “C” or better in all courses required by the Health Information Technology curriculum in order to graduate. Health Information Technology and progressive related courses must be taken in succession as they appear in the curriculum guide curriculum guide. Health Information Technology students must adhere to the other policies set forth in the Health Information Technology Program Guide. 

C. RE-ADMISSION OR TRANSFER INTO THE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM:

The student must qualify under the admission criteria in effect at time of readmission or transfer.  A student may be required to re-enter a Health Information Technology course earlier in the curriculum sequence if the student is lacking major content as evaluated by the Program Director.  All Health Information Technology courses completed more than three years prior to re-admission or transfer must either be challenged by exam, including passing an assessment of all skills and/or competencies covered in that course, or the course must be repeated.  Withdrawal or academic failure within the Health Information Technology program will require the student to reapply as a new student.  Advanced placement is dependent upon space availability.

The Health Information Technology Program Director will evaluate transferability of all Health Information Technology courses.  Transfer courses must be equivalent to courses required at the receiving college in both theory and clinical experiences.  The student must provide copies of course syllabi and outlines for those Health Information Technology courses taken to the Program Director.  Students lacking essential content may be required to audit a portion of a course, challenge the content, demonstrate skills or repeat the course as deemed necessary.  The final decision for transfer credit for Health Information Technology courses is determined by the Health Information Technology Program Director.

Applicants must submit a letter explaining the circumstances of any previous exit from any health sciences program. The letter must be sent from the previous Program Director. CCCC’s Health Information Technology Program Director and Vice President of Student Services must approve students who were dismissed, expelled, or suspended for any reason. Students who withhold previous exit information may be dismissed from the program.  A remediation plan may be required.